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  • he Field Museum offers a rare look back at that historic Columbian Exposition
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  • Worlds Columbian Exposition returns to the Field
  • The Field Museum offers a rare look back at that historic Columbian Exposition
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  • Rare orange Francois Langur monkey born at Lincoln Park Zoo
  • Little Pierre weighs only about a pound, but already he is becoming a big star at the Lincoln Park Zoo.
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  • Royal baby picture, prince william, kate middleton, duchess of cambridge
  • The newest prince of England was introduced around the world, and many in the United States of America are cheering. Why?
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  • Should guys wear T-shirts under their dress shirts?
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  • Blandings turtle
  • Brookfield Zoo is breeding and rearing endangered Blanding's turtles for release back into the wild.
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  • What does Blackhawks Superfan Bob Gertenrich do the morning after Chicago clinches the Stanley Cup? He watches the replays. Of course.
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  • Our closest animal relatives just got a promotion. New research at Lincoln Park Zoo says chimpanzees have personalities very similar to ours.
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  • man sprays down grill
  • Have you ever taken off the cover of your grill after a long, cold winter and thought, what a mess? Now a company will take care of the cleanup for you.
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  • When Dino Kapadia goes golfing, he doesn't bring along any golf clubs. He doesn't need them - he has a Drutter.
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  • A nickel is a nickel is a nickel. Unless it's a 1913 Liberty Head nickel.
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  • To celebrate his 449th birthday, Foundlings Theatre Company is nonstop Shakespeare, from dusk to dawn.
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  • For over 90 years, the old Fulton Market Cold Storage building stood untouched at 1000 W. Fulton.
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  • For over 90 years, the old Fulton Market Cold Storage building stood untouched at 1000 W. Fulton.
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  • Brendan Cournane has never won the Boston Marathon, but he's run it many times.
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  • In February, a huge meteorite exploded into thousands of pieces over Russia. Now some of those treasures from space are at Chicago's Field Museum.
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  • Travel back in time -- about 200 million years -- at Brookfield Zoo. Dinosaurs Alive! returns- bigger and better than ever.
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  • Too often people forget those killed in combat. Now, a street sign will remind the neighborhood of Private First Class Omar Torres.
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  • Fashion lovers can buy a piece of couture history at an auction that is part of an Ebony Fashion Fair exhibit.
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  • One of America's greatest authors Ernest Hemingway was born and raised in suburban Oak Park.
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  • One man says he lived through the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp because he was a barber.
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  • Who were the greatest artists of all time? Picasso? The great masters? Cavemen from 20,000 years ago?
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  • St. Patrick's Day lasts longer than 24 hours in Chicago, and celebrations often stretch across a week- or more.
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  • When it comes to winter in Chicago, one thing can really blow away the work- a snow blower.
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  • They blink, glow, flash and flicker! A new Field Museum exhibit shines new light on some tiny creatures.
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  • A relic -- a shin bone -- of Mary Magdalene, one of Christianity's most revered saints, is on a month-long tour of Chicago and the Midwest.
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  • ABC7's Frank Mathie found an unusual career combination- a rapping pastor.
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  • Two newborns have visitors at Lincoln Park Zoo asking the same question: What's a takin?
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  • The surviving Chicago teenager who was shot alongside his friend Hadiya Pendleton speaks about the ordeal.
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  • Paczki Day is the busiest day of the year at Delightful Pastries, an authentic Polish bakery in Chicago.
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  • For 19 years, Bumek the cat has helped people with addictions recover at the Polish American Association.
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  • Kekasih, a 4-year-old orangutan, has a new friend. Thani, 3, is a white-cheeked gibbon. Both apes live at Brookfield Zoo.
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  • Karl Lau was 19 years old when he flew missions in the South Pacific off the aircraft carrier Lexington during World War II.
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  • A plumbing company is helping flush away a Make-A-Wish volunteer's money worries.
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  • it's one of those days that hurts. Jack Frost is nipping at your nose and ears and all exposed skin.
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  • It's a tale of two tails - or four flippers - at Shedd Aquarium.
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  • A miniature work of art created 100 years ago honors the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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  • Josh Iachelli and Clay Hamilton are in the process of fulfilling a crazy dream- bringing Oregon, and lots of logs, to Chicago.
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  • Bad publicity put the Chevrolet Corvair out of production, but one suburban man keeps the controversial car from the 1960s running.
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  • No matter how nice they are, some animals experience something called ''black cat and black dog syndrome.''
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  • There are only two species on the earth that farm: humans and leaf cutter ants, according to scientists.
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  • When you have eight children, 20 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren, you are almost obligated to host a very special Christmas.
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  • Canoe lovers in the Chicago area lost a dear friend last week. Ralph Frese, who designed and built canoes died at the age of 86.
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  • If you ran into a man named Ryan Garcia this past year, there's a high possibility he did something nice for you.
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  • If you ran into a man named Ryan Garcia this past year, there's a high possibility he did something nice for you.
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  • For the first time since the late 1970s, Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is once again home to hyenas.
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  • At Baby's restaurants in Orland Park and Country Club Hills, the gold rush is on for golden Twinkies.
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  • Revolution Brewery is using hops from Shedd Aquarium's gardens to brew a new beer -- Penguin Hops.
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